Which sentence correctly uses the colon? a. oliver was a master marksman by the age of eighteen: being professionally trained. b. victoria wanted to pursue: horse-racing professionally, she loved horses. c. jenny continued taking algebra classes: even though she detested the subject. d. harry was fed up with his routine life: he yearned for a more exciting existence.

The phrase that uses colon in the correct form is:

B. Victoria wanted to pursue: horse-racing professionally, she loved horses.

Explanation:

Colons are a grammar element that helps the writer provide information to complement an independent clause. Therefore it is followed by dependant clauses that will provide more information about the first one. But they do it in a very special way, by providing examples of a category exposed in the independent clause. Therefore, B is the correct answer.

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it

obama was told in early july 2004 that he was chosen to deliver the address, and he largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the kerry presidential campaign.